Artificial feather.



S. ARONSON.

ARTIFICIAL FEATHER.

' APPLICATION FILED IuIIEn. I914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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SIMON ARONSON, OF BROOKLINE,'MASSACHUSETTS.

ARTIFICIAL FEATHER.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Aug'31, 1915.

Application filed June 11, 1914. Serial No. 844,575.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, SIMON ARoNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookline, county of Norfolk, State of Ma ssachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Artificial Feathers, of which the following description, in connection with' the accompanying drawing, is a specification,like characters on the drawing representing like parts. This invention relates to artificial feathers of that type-whicharemade from the fur of animalsjand the invention has for its object to provide a novel artificial feather which can be inexpensively made and which will have all the appearance and utility of an ordinary feather.

In order to give a proper understanding of my invention I have illustrated a selected embodiment thereof inthe accompanying drawings which will nowbe described, after which thenovel features will be pointed out in the appended'claims.

In the drawings, F igure 1 is a perspective view of a feather made in accordance-with my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the first step in the proc ess of making the feather; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the two strips of furand the quill assembled and incondition to receive the stiifening wire; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the feather'complete. Fig. 5 is a.

partial rear sideview of the feather with a portion of the flesh side of the fur strips covered with fur clippings; Fig. 6 a similar view of a portion of the feather showing the feather completed.

The body portion of my improved artifi-l.

cial feather is made from two strips of fur of the proper size and shape to constitute the two halves of'the feather exclusive of the stem, and the quill portion of the feather is formedfrom a piece of leather or other suitable material to which the strips of fur are sewed, said quill being constructed to constitute a close imitation of the quill of a real feather and also being provided with means for stilfening the artificial feather and holding it in the desired shape.

The two strips of fur are shown at 1 and 2, respectively, and, as stated above, each is of a length and shape corresponding to half the feather to be made. In the manufacture of the artificial feather the inner edges 4: of these two strips of fur are sewed to the opposite edges of a strip 3 of leather,

front side thereof and simulating the quill of an ordinary feather. A stiffening member is then inserted into this tubular quill or stem, member being long enough to project below the lower end of the feather to form the stem end thereof, as shown at 6. The stiffening member may be made of any suitableimaterial, such as wire, whalebone, ratan, Wood, etc. I find for practical purposes that wire makes a satisfactory stiffening member; i If preferred, I may apply to the backof the feather acovering strip 7 of rubber, cloth or any other suitable material which covers up the seam where the edges 4. of the fur strips are sewed together. This covering 7 isnot essential, however. The lower projectingend 6 of the stiffening wire will preferably be covered with some suitable material to give it the appearance of the the wire to suitably cover the latter, or if desired this portion 6 of the wire may be covered by a separate piece of leather, rubber,'tape or some suitable material.

When completed the feather may be dyed to any desired color, or the strips of fur can be dyed before they are sewed'together. The quill portion 3 may be of any color which harmonizes with or corresponds to the ultimate color of the manufactured feather.

An'artificial feather embodyingmy invention very closely simulates an ordinary feather and can'be used for millinery and other purposes in a manner similar to that in which real feathers are used.

The invention is not confined to a feather of the shape shown in the drawings, as feathers of other shapes and sizes may be imitated by using one or more strips offnr of the proper shape and properly sewing them together.

The fur from Which the feather: is made may be curled if desired to imitate more closely the shape a-nd characteristics of a;

feather. A feather with a curved quill can readily be made by merely'cuttingthe piece 8 to the desired shape. I In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown another embodiment of my' invention wherein the flesh side of the fur, strips is covered with fur "clippings; The advantage: of this conpropose first to apply a coating 'of. glue or similar adhesive to said flesh side and. then SPIlIIklBiQI' deposit the. fur clippings thereon in suflioient bodyto cover up' the skin porti'on-of the fur strips; When-thesefur-c1ip= pings are deposited on the skin portions of the fur strips'they give to the ba'cli side" of the feather a uniformcolor'vvhich is desirable; This: deposit of furclippings Will when depositedpresent raw or uneven edges 12 andl3: which are: more or less unsightly and in. completing the feather these raw edges are covered" by: someof the hairs ofthe fur strips." This can conveniently be done by drawingthe feathertlirougli a ring orholder; which Will cause the hairs to. fold upag'ain'st the; stripsofskin, and when this is done before the adhesive is thoroughly some of these hairsrl kwill adhere to hthe raw edge, thus covering up the latter,

edges sewed to} the meeting edges of the fur strips, and a stiffening member inclosed Within and extending longitudinally of the quill: member.

3'; artificiall feather comprising two strips of. fur arranged edge to edge* and sewed together, an imitation quill member tubular ineross sectional; shapecovering the meeting edges of the fur strips and secured thereto, and astiffening member inclosed Within and extending longitudinally of the-quill member;

4. An artificial feather comprising two strips of fur arranged edge to edge and sewed together, an imitation quill member tuhul'arin:cross-sectionalshape covering the meetingedges of] the fur strips and? secured thereto, and a stiffening member inelosed Within and extending longitudinally of the quill member,- said stiffening member projecting-belowthefur'strips, ands/covering for the projecting end of; the stiffening member; Instestimony whereof, I have signed my name" to this-gspecifieation', in the presence of two subscribing itnesses.-

, SIMON ARON SON l I ,Witnesses: v v

Eoms 0. SMITH, l

THoMAs-JZ DREMMOND.

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